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LAPD to absorb General Services officers

The Los Angeles City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to folding the 220 General Services police into the Los Angeles Police Department to provide what officials said would be a seamless response to crimes throughout the city. Daily News.

The General Services officers, who carry weapons and received LAPD training and patrol city facilities, will be part of a new Security Services Division within the LAPD. They will not be counted toward Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s goal to grow the department to 10,000 officers, officials said.

“That’s just a number out there,” said Councilman Mitch Englander, chair of the council’s Public Safety Committee. “What is more important is that we will have a seamless response to incidents.